On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 08:55:27AM +0200, Alexandru Ardelean wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 4:28 PM Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > add code to handle the case when kzalloc fails to allocate memory to dev > > > > Signed-off-by: Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c > > index 4f5cd9f..93caa6b 100644 > > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c > > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c > > @@ -1475,6 +1475,8 @@ struct iio_dev *iio_device_alloc(int sizeof_priv) > > } > > dev_set_name(&dev->dev, "iio:device%d", dev->id); > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->buffer_list); > > + } else { > > + return NULL; > > I'd argue that this is a bit redundant, because `dev` is NULL, the > return below (return dev) will also return NULL. +1 Also, subject title is incorrect. Always use: $ git log --oneline drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c Use the most frequently tag/subject from the output of above command. "iio: core: ...." would be fine. -- Himanshu Jha Undergraduate Student Department of Electronics & Communication Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology